NBC and CBS Tout Obama Efforts to Distract From Scandals, Show 'Govern

Leading off a report on Tuesday's NBC Today about President Obama's trip to survey recovery efforts along New Jersey's shoreline after Hurricane Sandy, White House correspondent Peter Alexander proclaimed: "[The President's here] really to see the improvements to this area, and also to refocus the conversation away from some recent headlines. Focusing on what he wants to focus on: government at…
Kyle Drennen
May 28th, 2013 12:31 PM

Christiane Amanpour Honors Salon.com Writer for Her 'Fight' for Women

On her Monday show, CNN's Christiane Amanpour celebrated the same "Catholic" Salon.com writer who penned the revolting piece, "So What If Abortion Ends Life?" and who shuddered at an Olympic gold medalist being "so, so, so into Jesus." Salon.com's Mary Elizabeth Williams is a "pro-choice, liberal Catholic," and Amanpour hyped her "fight" to change the Catholic Church – allowing women to be…
Matt Hadro
May 28th, 2013 12:14 PM

Black Liberal Pundits Smiley, West Slam Obama, Holder for Abuse of Pow

Are liberal African-American pundits still blindly loyal to Barack Obama? Though you may not see this covered on MSNBC, there IS a growing division. Case in point: Establishment Suck-Up Al Sharpton versus Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornel West. While the former spends every broadcast moment lashing out at those who dare to question the Dear Leader, Smiley & West take a different approach,…
NB Staff
May 28th, 2013 12:07 PM

WashPost Hypes North Carolina’s ‘Hard Turn To The Right

For the first time in 140 years, the GOP in North Carolina controls both chambers of the state legislature and the governor’s mansion, a feat that many find surprising for a state that up until 2008 had not voted for a Democrat for President since Jimmy Carter in 1976. The May 26 edition of The Washington Post chose not to describe this as local politics in the Tar Heel State catching up with…
Jeffrey Meyer
May 28th, 2013 12:06 PM

CMI ON TV – ‘Law & Order: SVU’ Leaves Audience at Gunpoint over

No resolution for season 14 cliff-hanger.
Andrew Collins
May 28th, 2013 10:38 AM

Former Obama Advisor Turned NBC News Analyst Rips CBS's Schieffer for

Former Barack Obama senior advisor David Axelrod on Tuesday demonstrated why it's absurd for him to have been hired by NBC News at the beginning of his previous boss's second term. Appearing on Morning Joe, Axelrod struck back at CBS's Bob Schieffer for his criticism of the White House on Sunday's Face the Nation (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Noel Sheppard
May 28th, 2013 10:33 AM

CMI On TV – ‘Save Me’ Premier Doesn’t Trash Religion – or Ta

No wonder show is already cancelled.
Andrew Collins
May 28th, 2013 10:29 AM

Heilemann Trashes 'Vanity Fair' As A Bunch Of Drunks

Do people still mail resumes? If so John Heilemann can save himself the stamp required to send his to Vanity Fair, should he ever consider a shift from his current spot at New York. On today's Morning Joe, Heilemann bizarrely trashed—excuse the pun—the staff at Vanity Fair.  Said the Game Change co-author: "it's well known Vanity Fair has a congenital, pervasive alcohol dependency problem…
Mark Finkelstein
May 28th, 2013 8:39 AM

Preposterous: WashPost Claims Dan Savage Is All About 'Healing' and 'R

The Washington Post occasionally must enjoy sounding completely preposterous. In a Tuesday book review, we’re told in the headlines that gay activist and sex columnist Dan Savage is “on a healing mission” and underneath his “wit,” he only “wants reconciliation.” The Post, which routinely avoids stooping to review conservative best-sellers, assigned gay activist Chandler Burr (“the former…
Tim Graham
May 28th, 2013 8:22 AM

NBC To Air 'Women's Concert for Change' With a Tilt to Liberal Women's

Ads appeared on Sunday night’s season finale of “Smash” for a “Women’s Concert for Change” to air on NBC from London on June 2. Presenters include not just Madonna and Salma Hayek, but also Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Gloria Steinem. It’s to benefit “Chime for Change,” a new campaign to “raise funds and awareness for female empowerment around the world, distributed to non-profit…
Tim Graham
May 27th, 2013 11:33 PM

'Girls' Star Lena Dunham: 'Happy Memorial Day! I've Already Peed in Tw

What is it about liberal disdain for America's most-revered national holidays? Consider HBO Girls star Lena Dunham who chose to tweet hours ago, "Happy Memorial Day! I've already peed in two different Starbucks bathrooms!"
Noel Sheppard
May 27th, 2013 6:28 PM

'Idol' Worship: Mass. Town Throws Costly Parade for Hometown Pop Singe

On May 4, the town of Beverly, Massachusetts threw a huge parade and concert for 19-year-old “American Idol” contestant Angie Miller, who made the top three in the competition.“It’s a great chance to show off our fair city,” Mayor Bill Scanlon said. The city spent $31,200 on security, cleanup and other costs associated with the events, he said. So it must have looked like an odd contrast in…
Tim Graham
May 27th, 2013 5:11 PM

Attention Chris Matthews: Is THIS 'The Unsmiling, Contemptuous Face of

As NewsBusters reported last week, MSNBC's Chris Matthews had the nerve on Friday's Hardball to call Senator Ted Cruz (R-Tx.) "the unsmiling, contemptuous face of the wild, nasty, hard-right fringe." On May 11, 2013, Cruz gave the commencement address at Hillsdale College. I wonder if you agree with Mr. Matthews (video follows with commentary):
Noel Sheppard
May 27th, 2013 3:59 PM

Mother Jones, Looking at Food Stamp Proposal, Claims African-Americans

Jason Richwine -- who recently resigned from the Heritage Foundation over objectively observing, in the words of a Fox News report, "that Hispanics had a lower IQ than American whites, and that their descendants would too" -- call wherever your new office is. Or maybe go left and apply for a job at Mother Jones. At that the arch-liberal rag, Erika Eichelberger, in objecting to a congressional…
Tom Blumer
May 27th, 2013 3:50 PM